Yale Locked Down As Police Search For Reported Gunman

Monday

Nov 25, 2013 at 1:14 AM

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police were scouring Yale University on Monday after they received an anonymous call from a man who said his roommate was headed to campus with a "long gun" to shoot people, police said.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police were scouring Yale University on Monday after they received an anonymous call from a man who said his roommate was headed to campus with a "long gun" to shoot people, police said.

The man who made the call — at 9:48 a.m. — did not identify himself and hung up before offering more details, said New Haven Police spokesman Officer David Hartman. New Haven police received the call from a phone booth.

Police and the FBI are investigating whether video surveillance could have captured an image of the caller or anyone else of interest.

At 10:17 a.m., Yale sent out a text alert to the community about the report. Within about an hour of the anonymous call, two witnesses told police they had seen a person with a long gun, Hartman said.

Police are investigating whether those witnesses were looking at law enforcement personnel, Hartman said.

The search was still underway midafternoon. No one with a gun had been located, Hartman said. There had been no gunfire, and no injuries were reported.

Hartman said a "basement to roof search" of Yale buildings was underway. Multiple SWAT teams were searching the area, he said. Police shut down roads around the Old Campus to traffic and pedestrians and Several public schools in the area were put on lockdown as a precaution.